Transient global amnesia and neurological events: the Framingham Heart Study

Transient global amnesia and neurological events: the Framingham Heart Study

Background/ objective: Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a temporary amnestic syndrome characterized by lack of other focal neurological deficits. Cerebrovascular disease, migraine and seizures have been suggested as underlying mechanisms. TGA may be a risk factor for cerebrovascular or other neurol...

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Main Authors: Jose Rafael Romero, Melissa eMercado, Alexa S Beiser, Aleksandra ePikula, Sudha eSeshadri, Margaret eKelly-Hayes, Philip A Wolf, Carlos S Kase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Seizures
Stroke
brain MRI
TIA
cerebrovascular disease
transient global amnesia
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2013.00047/full

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